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I like my Altbergs too but they are a bit heavy for a hike. Good working boots. Very tough. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A small tobacco tin sits perfectly in my mountain leaders fak. Not too big. https://www.lifesystems.co.uk/products/first-aid-kits/mountain-leader Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aspirin and Ibuprofen should not be combined. Whereas you can intersperse Paracetamol and Ibuprofen so both of those are good. If you are going to pack antihistamine then pack Piriton that you can only get from a pharmacy. Nothing else is as effective on dealing with inflammation caused by...

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Most firms want a couple years experience as insurance on 100,000 quids of wagon is a consideration. Apparently industry was short 80,000 HGV drivers before Brexit. 20,000 going home has triggered the issue. Bidding on an agency driver starts at £350 a day. HGV drivers have been getting...

No problem. I’m not a collector eIther but I bought this travelling in NZ back in 2000. I haven’t used it and it deserves a better owner. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think a pen knife is essential. I have carried a Buck Stockman for the last 13 years and probably use it every day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you want something really special I have one with a kiwi greenstone jade handle stamped for the millennium and signed by the maker and owner of Svord. It’s a lovely thing but sits in my drawer. PM if it sounds up your street. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Metal cups in general. Who thought that was a good idea? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From my perspective it’s just discussion, not warfare. It’s not even emotive. What do I know anyway? A knife and a pot are probably 2 of the most important bits of Bushcraft kit. Both can be improvised but that takes time and resources that may be difficult to come by. So they are both worth...

https://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/dartmoor-survival-knife/ This. I don’t need a hatchet. Why use it for battening? Why not? It’s not let me down in over 20 years. Uncle Ray laid down the pattern for this knife in the 1980’s. It was designed as a Survival tool. So what do you think changed...

So I carry a big knife for Bushcraft and a little Scandi neck knife for those little craft jobs. Just the priority is different. If I forget the neck knife in the back country on a trip carving a spoon may suffer. If I forget the big blade it will slow me making shelter, processing wood...

I remember the kids being taught to bend and cut wood with a little woodlore style blade. Bend and cut, bend and cut bend and cut vs slash (one sapling), slash (two saplings), slash (3 saplings). point is here these were to be issued to our forces for use when finesse wasn't high on the agenda...

The Wilkinson Sword Dartmoor Survival Knife. Clue is in the name. It is designed to build shelter and process firewood. I can’t tell you how much battening I’ve done with it. Thing is massive and strong with a flat behind the tip designed to be hit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And that’s the problem. As an allrounder it doesn’t hold up. A camp knife would have a secondary bevel to support edge strength. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Worth a revisit. 8 years ago I said these little Scandi knives uncle Ray had been giving oxygen to were a fad. I noticed this year at the Moot and Gathering that more of you were starting to carry bigger knives, I suspect with a secondary bevel. I chipped a lump out of an Elmax Scandi blade...

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I think this was the best weather year of any I have attended over the last 8 years! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Always worth remembering our kit is supplied by the lowest bidder! I always remember a big bead of sweat rolling down my nose onto the toe of my Meindl Desert Fox foots and making my toes wet. No they aren’t in the least bit waterproof but then they were procured for high desert conditions...

There are a number of different types for different roles from Kestrel boots from Turkey to Altberg Defenders. There are some cool looking suade Lowa boots in circulation too. Depends what you do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk